Today’s Word
Rabbinic Reconstruction (2)
He further said, “You cannot see My face, for mankind shall not see Me and live!” Exodus 33:20 NASB Mankind – Now that we’re cleared up the mistake in the NIV (“you” instead of “man”), we see that the NASB translates the Hebrew ʾādām as “mankind.” This corrects the vocabulary, but it doesn’t solve the problem…
Rabbinic Reconstruction (1)
But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.” Exodus 33:20 NIV One – Let’s begin this investigation by noticing an important change in the English translation. The NIV (as above) uses the phrase “no one,” rather than the direct Hebrew “no man.” The actual Hebrew word is ʾādām, but the NIV translators have offered…
What Does It Really Say?
Your people will volunteer freely on the day of Your power; in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, Your youth are to You as the dew. Psalm 110:3 NASB Womb of dawn – Not to belabor the point, but if you read this verse in the NASB you will discover that it contains four footnotes, all indicating alternatives or…
Obscure and Unintelligible
He will redeem my soul in peace [l]from the battle which is against me, for they are many who are aggressive toward me. God will hear and humiliate them—even the one who sits enthroned from ancient times— Selah Psalm 55:18-19a NASB Sits enthroned from ancient times – Before we tackle this text, we need to understand the caution provided by Nahum Sarna: Translations, particularly those adopted…
The Politics of Responsibility
So God heard their groaning; and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Exodus 2:24 NASB Covenant – I suppose the first thing we need to address in this verse is the possibility that God forgot about His covenant and it took the groaning of the people to remind Him. At least, that’s what this translation might suggest. When we use the word “remember,”…
Pregnant with Possibilities
But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you are living [b]within our land; how then are we to make a covenant with you?” Joshua 9:7 NASB Men of Israel – What seems like a fairly straightforward verse and translation is anything but. This verse is really complicated. Let me explain why. First, let’s look at…
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